there are a lot of stories going around regarding Xing Xing’s origins, and they continue to resurface after regular intervals.

The most popular version claims that Xing Xing was originally a circus monkey who lost her arm in a wild boar trap. When a hunter found her, he sold her to a village near the mountains. She was briefly kept in a restaurant as entertainment but was released afterward when the villagers could not afford to meet her dietary demands.